Plate or saucer



April 1, 1924.

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Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

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D STATES EDMUND WILLIAM ABRAM, OFLONDORENGLAND.

PLATE on. 'SAUGER.

Application filed November 17, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND WILLIAM ABRAM, a British subject, residing at 3 Lansdowne Road, Holland Park, London,

5 England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plates or Saucers, of which the following'is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in plates or saucers, and it consists es- 1 sentially in a reversible plate or saucer in the form of a disc dished on both sides, the rim of each dish having a bead formed around its edge and the peripheral portion of the disc extending beyond the said rims and being bevelled more or less and formed with a peripheral bead which is located in the same horizontal plane as the common bottom of the two dishes so that, whichever dish is in use, the disc can be as readily lifted 0 ofi a table with one hand as an ordinary plate or saucer by engaging with the fingers the sloping surface under the peripheral bead and engaging with the thumb the bead on the upwardly projecting rim. The two 2 dishes thus formed may be of equal dimensions or one of them may be of greater diameter than the other so that a number of similarly formed reversible plates or saucers may be nested, the bead constituting the rim of the dish of smaller diameter fitting within the bead that constitutes the rim of a dish of larger diameter; further, I may form the disc with a rib or cross bar which extends diametrically across it, thus providing two semi-circular dishes on either face of the disc, and the said rib or cross bar may be hollow so that the cavity may be utilized as a receptacle for a table utensil or utensils.

The main objects of the invention are to enable the number of pieces in a dinner service to be very considerably reduced and to provide a china, earthenware or like plate which is much more durable than an ordinary dinner plate. My improved plate has been designed more especially to meet the requirements in railway restaurant cars and on board ship, but it is equally suitable for general table use. Owing to its construction, risk of breakage is very much reduced, chip- :so ping of the rim is practically entirely o Serial No. 515,954.

viated, and further important advantages are obtained in that the central portion of the plate does not come into contact with the table and the peripheral portion normally remains comparatively cool, although the said central portion may be quite hot.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawin in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan 0 a plain reversible plate constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line A-B of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a similar section of a reversible plate differing from that shown in Fig. 2 only in that the beads constituting the rims of the dishes are displaced relatively to each other; 7

Fig. 4 is a plan of a reversible plate formed with a cross bar;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line CD of Fig. 4:; and

Fig. 6 is a like section of a reversible plate which diflers from that shown in Fig. 5 only in that the beads constituting the rims of the dishes are displaced relatively to each other and the cross bar is hollow and extends across both dishes.

Referring to the drawing, a indicates the common bottom portion and b the common peripheral portion of the two dishes formed on opposite sides of the said bottom and constituting a reversible plate. Beads 0 which constitute the rims of the dishes, and a pe ripheral bead d are formed on the said por tion b. In Fig. 3 the dish on one side is of greater diameter than the dish on the other so that the beads 0 are displaced relatively to each other and the plates may be nested or superposed with the rim of smaller diam- 9o eter withinthe rim of larger diameter of another similar plate.

The cross bar e (Fig. 4) extends diametrically across the plate and may be solid as shown in Fig. 5 or hollow as shown in Fig. 6; the solid bar shown in Fig. 5 is formed on one side only of the bottom a but it may project at both sides like the hollow bar shown in Fig. 6. The cavity f (Fig. 6) in the bar a is provided with the object of r forming a receptacle for table utensils when, for example, the plate is to be used on a journey or by a picnic party.

What I claim is A reversible plate or saucer in the form of a one-piece unitary disc dished on both sides thereby to form on each side the foodreceiving cavity, said disc having on each side an up-standing bead adjacent its speriphery which forms the rim of each dish 10 cavity, said disc extending radially beyond said beads andthe extended portion having a progressively decreasing thickness and terminating in a peripheral bead which 1s located in the'plane of the common bottom 15 of the two dishes.-

EDMUND WILLIAM ABRAM. 

